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As many as 55 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home this Thanksgiving, marking a 1.5 percent increase over 2021 and reaching 98 percent of levels recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019.

The estimates, reported by the American Automobile Association, signal shifting attitudes and behaviors toward the pandemic, as many prepare for a first in-person family gathering in two years. 

Across the country, nearly 50 million Americans are expected to travel by car to their Thanksgiving destinations — a 2.5 percent decrease from 2019 levels. 

In Maryland alone, more than a million residents are expected to travel, with the majority driving. 

It's expected to be the third-busiest for travelers since Thanksgiving travel rates in 2000. 

Air travel volumes this week are expected to be 8 percent higher than last year, as around 4.5 million Americans plan to fly to their destinations in 2022. That's nearly 99 percent of volumes recorded in 2019. 

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Former President Trump ripped the Supreme Court after it rejected his emergency appeal seeking to shield his tax returns from House Democrats.

The Georgia Supreme Court has denied a GOP bid to overturn lower court rulings allowing early voting on Saturday in the state’s Senate runoff.

The gunman in a deadly shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., Tuesday night has been identified as Andre Bing, an employee of the store. 

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) have sent a letter to the Department of Justice calling for a criminal investigation of what they called the “fraudulent tactics” of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and CEO of FTX Trading Ltd., which filed for bankruptcy this month.

Alaska’s lengthy and convoluted election process is set to come to an end  when Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) and Rep. Mary Peltola (D) are likely to finally emerge as the winners under the state’s new ranked-choice system. 

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) says his party “absolutely” does not recognize the complexity of issues at the border in a new interview.

Georgia’s state Supreme Court has reinstated the state’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy after a lower state court had overturned the ban and called it unconstitutional.

Unemployment claims last week rose to their highest level since August but still remained relatively low as economists worry a recession could be on the horizon in the near future. 

Members of Germany’s national soccer team protested FIFA’s ban on players wearing LGBTQ armbands at the World Cup by covering their mouths when posing for a team photo.

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